Bantaskine

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Bantaskine
Bantaskine
Location Falkirk, Scotland

Bantaskine is a park with woodlands in Falkirk, Scotland [1] that was formerly the Bantaskine Estate, a coal mining estate. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] The artist Mary Georgina Wade Wilson grew up there. The Battle of Falkirk Muir was fought nearby. [7] [8] It is also known as South Bantaskine. North Bantaskine, on the other side of the Union Canal, was an agricultural estate. [9] It is listed as a historically significant archeological site by Historic Environment Scotland. [6]

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Etymology

The name may be from the Welsh words for a rise and a hollow, signifying a rise over a hollow. [10]

History

The property was owned by a merchant operating in West Indian territories, Thomas Campbell Hagart. [11] A brickworks was also on the property. [12]

Wilson family

The Bantaskine estate was held by the Wilson coal magnate family. [5] Coal magnate Robert Wilson established the estate as part of his coal mining empire. After his death, his 21-year-old son and future MP John Wilson (1815 - 1883) took over running the estate. He had eight daughters and a son. [13] [14] The stained glass windows from a mansion that once stood in the property are preserved at a local shopping center. [15]

Robert Moffat stayed at the estate several times. [5] [16] It had substantial landscaping and gardens. Miss Wilson used them as a subject of her paintings. [17]

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References

  1. ↑ "Parks & estates - Bantaskine Estate | Falkirk Council". www.falkirk.gov.uk.
  2. ↑ "Bantaskine Estate | MyParkScotland".
  3. ↑ "Parks & estates - Bantaskine Estate | Falkirk Council". www.falkirk.gov.uk.
  4. ↑ "South Bantaskine Estate". April 26, 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 "Bantaskine family reigned when coal was king". www.falkirkherald.co.uk.
  6. 1 2 Historic Environment Scotland. "South Bantaskine (134515)". Canmore . Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  7. ↑ "Falkirk". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  8. ↑ Forth Valley Orienteers | Results | Bantaskine Local Event ... https://fvo.org.uk/events/2019/jun/16/bantaskine-local-event
  9. ↑ Meek, Donald. "Passages from Tiree".
  10. ↑ Waldie, George (July 6, 1883). "Walks Along the Northern Roman Wall: And Notes by the Way on the Early History of Falkirk, Arthur's Oven, the Gododin Poems, and Other Curious Things". G. Waldie – via Google Books.
  11. ↑ "Summary of Individual | Legacies of British Slave-ownership". www.ucl.ac.uk.
  12. ↑ "Falkirk Fire Brickworks, South Bantaskine, Falkirk, Stirlingshire | Scotland's Brick Manufacturing Industry".
  13. ↑ http://www.falkirkcommunitytrust.org/heritage/archives/finding-aids/docs/russel_aitken/49_-_Wilson.pdf [ dead link ]
  14. ↑ Ian Elfick; Paul Harris (1998). T.N. Foulis: The History and Bibliography of an Edinburgh Publishing House. Werner Shaw. ISBN   978-0-907961-10-9.
  15. ↑ Ross, David R. (November 16, 2000). On the Trail of Bonnie Prince Charlie. Dundurn. ISBN   9780946487684 – via Google Books.
  16. ↑ Moffat, John Smith (July 6, 1888). "The Lives of Robert & Mary Moffat". A.C. Armstrong & son – via Google Books.
  17. ↑ Maxwell, Sir Herbert (July 6, 1911). "Scottish Gardens: Being a Representative Selection of Different Types, Old and New". E. Arnold – via Google Books.

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